Main Entry: ⁴tilt

Function: verb

Etymology: Middle English tulten, tilten to fall over, cause to fall, from Old English *tyltan, *tieltan, akin to Old English tealt unstable, tealtian to totter

Date: 1594

transitive verb 1 : to cause to have an inclination
2 a : to point or thrust in or as if in a tilt <tilt a lance> b : to charge against <tilt an adversary>intransitive verb 1 a : to move or shift so as to lean or incline : slant b : to incline, tend, or become drawn toward an opinion, course of action, or one side of a controversy
2 a : to engage in a combat with lances : joust b : to make an impetuous attack <tilt at social evils>

— tilt·able \ˈtil-tə-bəl\ adjective

— tilt·er noun